Shared ownership housing and currently has an opportunity for potential buyers in Goole.
Shared ownership enables applicants to buy an initial share of a property (between 25% and 75%) and pay rent on the remainder to the council.
Local authors will be featured heavily in the East Riding Festival of Words – the new look literature festival coming to the area in October.
The festival will be officially launched by Val Wood at Beverley Art Gallery on Thursday, 18 October, at 7.30pm. Val will be giving an exclusive reading of her latest novel, ‘A Place to Call Home’, which will be published in November.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Employment, Education and Skills Team has joined up with East Riding Theatre’s Artist in Residence – She Productions – to deliver an innovative training course for local unemployed people.
The Finding Your Voice Programme is designed to build confidence, communication, social and creative skills for local unemployed people.
Two groups of young people in Yorkshire have come together across boundaries to take the recorder to their hearts, in an innovative community project as part of the 31st Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival opening next week, 24-27 May 2018.
York’s Minster Minstrels, an established youth ensemble dedicated to the exploration of early music, and Castaway Musical Theatre Goole, a vibrant group of young people with learning and physical disabilities from the Goole area, have been working on a collaborative project for the last three months, as part of the BBC Ten Pieces project, which aims to make classical music and musical instruments accessible.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s children’s centres are celebrating after achieving international recognition for a baby-friendly initiative.
Centres across the East Riding, including Anlaby, Beeford, Beverley, Bridlington, Brough, Cottingham, Driffield, Hedon, Hessle, Hornsea, Howden, Goole, Market Weighton, Pocklington and Withernsea.
Fans of the Harry Potter series can dust off their wands or take a trip down Diagon Alley to get a new one!
East Riding Libraries, in conjunction with Bloomsbury Children’s Books, are delighted to announce that the most magical night of the year, Harry Potter Book Night is returning to Beverley on Thursday 1 February from 6PM till 7PM.
East Riding Leisure Driffield is to benefit from a complete refurbishment of the Tone Zone, starting in November.
The old equipment will be removed on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday 18 and 19 November, leading to two weeks of building work and the installation of the new equipment.
Residents are being made aware of the help available to support people of all ages with mental health issues.
World Mental Health Day, which took place earlier this month, aims to raise awareness of the silent disease which can affect anyone at any time in their lives, and this year, the focus is on mental health in the workplace.
A new exhibition has opened at Goole Museum : ‘Lest we Forget, Remembering Goole’s First World War Servicemen and Women’ will run until Saturday, 11 November.
The exhibition has been created by members of The Goole First World War Research Group – their first full exhibition at Goole Museum to showcase their research so far.
Waste and recycling officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council will be out and about in five local towns this month as part of activities to mark this year’s national Recycle Week.
Recycle Week 2017 runs from Monday 25 September to Sunday 1 October, and is now in its 14th year.
The collapse of the Wakefield City Academies Trust which has left Goole High School in turmoil has led to campaigners calling for the return of failed schools to local authority control.
When Goole High School became an Academy in 2011 it was rated as Excellent. After 6 years under the control of the Academy Trust it’s now mired in failure.
Beverley Under 15s travelled to Goole for match which will be repeated in the Yorkshire Cup in two weeks time.
Goole claimed advantage this time round with a good win in what turned out to be a very competitive game from the kick off.
Castleford moved back up to second as they returned to winning ways with victory by four wickets away at Beverley Town. David Wainwright took three wickets for eight runs as the home side were dismissed for 117, Greg Whyley top scoring with 26.
Jamie Roe took 3-25 in the visitors reply but an unbeaten 64 from Connor Hyde was enough to secure victory and keep the Savile Park club in the hunt for an immediate return to the Premier League.
The sporting achievements of men and women who attend day services from across the East Riding have been celebrated at a three-day sports event.
The East Riding Legacy Games, which were first launched in 2012 to tie in with the London Olympics, saw competitors take part in a range of track and field events including athletics, wheelchair racing, Frisbee golf, and tennis ball throwing.
Hull and Goole amateur actors with disabilities will take to the stage alongside professional performers for a daring performance in Hull Marina which will see movement, music, clowning and voices collide.
Casting on Humber: HERE is a collaboration between The Sobriety Project and Castaway Goole Accessible Music Theatre, directed by Sarah Louise Davies, founder of Hull theatre company Park Bench.
The future of urgent care services in the East Riding of Yorkshire have today been confirmed, with three urgent care centres open 365 days per year set to be introduced in Beverley, Bridlington and Goole, replacing the current minor injury units across the region.
The decision was also made to create an integrated community and intensive rehabilitation centre in Beverley, which will be supported by Time to Think beds, meaning current community hospital beds in Bridlington and Withernsea will close. A number of Time to Think beds will be located in Holderness and Bridlington.
A final decision on the future of urgent care services in the East Riding of Yorkshire are due to be made next week, following a twelve week public consultation which finished in January.
These decisions will be made by the NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Governing Body, when they meet in public on Tuesday 21 March.
Residents visiting registration and celebratory services, entertainment venues, adult learning centres and Bevelrey Leisure Centre that are run by East Riding of Yorkshire Council will now be able to stay connected as free Wi-Fi goes live.
The works represent an important investment by the authority and allow residents to access services and transact with the council digitally.